I meditated every morning for three years and I was still the most reactive person in every room I walked into - and a monk in Thailand told me the problem wasn't my practice, it was that I was using stillness as preparation for chaos instead of learning to find stillness inside the chaos itself - Silicon Canals

"Providing for a child and being emotionally present for a child are two completely different things. Many loving, well-meaning parents mastered the first while never learning how to do the second."

"Emotional neglect is not something a parent does to a child. It's something a parent fails to do for a child. It's not an event. It's a non-event."

Many parents focus on providing for their children materially but neglect emotional presence, leading to adult children who feel disconnected. This emotional neglect is often unrecognized, as it stems from a lack of emotional engagement rather than overt harm. Dr. Jonice Webb identifies various parenting styles that contribute to this neglect, emphasizing that it is a non-event, making it difficult for both parents and children to recognize its impact on their relationships.

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